Virginia Tech-17
Carolina-17
Rambling Wreck-15
Pittsburgh-15
UVA-14
Duke-11
Cuba-11
The above are from each teams websites and Rivals. Keep in mind, we can split hairs with the above numbers for each team if you get into the minutia of a kid who was a starter, then broke an ankle and played 4 games and the junior who replaced him started 8 games.....etc..etc. We could go on for months splitting hairs with that stuff. The above are ballpark numbers that can deviate by 1 or 2 either way. What to take of the above.......Virginia Tech, Carolina, Georgia Tech, and Pitt should be improved, but also next year's schedule for each team (do they play FSU and Clemson) and/or out of conference schedule (Ohio State) and injuries matter. UVA should be about the same and Duke and Cuba should not be quit as good. However, Miami truly is an exception because the talent is about always there regardless of whether they return 20 starters or 5 starters, and the team generally performs the same because mental toughness always enters the equation with them and their mental state always competes with or even trumps their talent.
I will give the other side of the conference in a bit and post it. By first glance...FSU and Clemson are loaded. Even with the loss of Winston, FSU is actually.......young!. That's scary.
Carolina-17
Rambling Wreck-15
Pittsburgh-15
UVA-14
Duke-11
Cuba-11
The above are from each teams websites and Rivals. Keep in mind, we can split hairs with the above numbers for each team if you get into the minutia of a kid who was a starter, then broke an ankle and played 4 games and the junior who replaced him started 8 games.....etc..etc. We could go on for months splitting hairs with that stuff. The above are ballpark numbers that can deviate by 1 or 2 either way. What to take of the above.......Virginia Tech, Carolina, Georgia Tech, and Pitt should be improved, but also next year's schedule for each team (do they play FSU and Clemson) and/or out of conference schedule (Ohio State) and injuries matter. UVA should be about the same and Duke and Cuba should not be quit as good. However, Miami truly is an exception because the talent is about always there regardless of whether they return 20 starters or 5 starters, and the team generally performs the same because mental toughness always enters the equation with them and their mental state always competes with or even trumps their talent.
I will give the other side of the conference in a bit and post it. By first glance...FSU and Clemson are loaded. Even with the loss of Winston, FSU is actually.......young!. That's scary.
